In this age of cancel culture, the legacy media likes nothing more than claiming a scalp.
We saw it play out in Washington this week with the abrupt resignation of a 25-year-old DOGE staffer named Marko Elez, whose now-deleted X posts were the subject of a Wall Street Journal exposé.
Thanks to the intervention of Vice President JD Vance, Elez will get a second chance.
We’re fortunate to have a vice president whose Catholic faith teaches repentance and forgiveness. Vance didn’t need to use his political capital to defend Elez, but by doing so he reminded Americans that we shouldn’t be so quick judge others.
“I obviously disagree with some of Elez’s posts, but I don’t think stupid social media activity should ruin a kid’s life,” Vance wrote on X. “I say bring him back. If he’s a bad dude or a terrible member of the team, fire him for…
